Novel landscapes

Convergências - Revista de Investigação e Ensino das Artes

Gianni Lobosco¹ 

[1] University of Ferrara, Architecture Department, Research Centre Sealine (Sustainable Development of Coastal Systems) / TekneHub (Innovation, Industrial Research, and Technology Transfer Laboratory). Via Savonarola, 9, 44121 Ferrara FE, Italy,[e-mail];

关键词: land-use, peatlands, landscape restoration, wilderness, novel ecosystems;   

DOI  :  10.53681/c1514225187514391s.25.9

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

The essay discusses the theoretical implications of ecological restoration in landscape architecture. The study presents a management plan for highly damaged peatlands in the Isle of Skye in Scotland, where the habitat is threatened by a radical forestation process. Being a natural carbon stock, damaged peatlands are a major source of greenhouse gas emissions. The project suggests gradually turning the case-study area's economy from tree farming to tourism, making the most out of the unique biodiversity of peatlands. The proposal traces a chronological activation plan of a touristic network that will run in parallel with the restoration of peats, native broadleaf forests, heather and cotton-grass meadows. Depending on the ability to recover of different soils, the restoration plan intends to gradually activate new dynamics in the landscape. The result is a stable “novel ecosystem” whose key interactions and processes are induced by new biotic and abiotic conditions. The article investigates and discusses possible strategies to develop a new kind of wilderness that differs from any previous condition and emerges from an alternative land use.

【 授权许可】

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